Bleep

Blockhead (aka Tony Simon, solo artist and top-notch producer for Aesop Rock and others) debuted last year with the stunning Music By Cavelight. He returns with an album of deep instrumental hip hop dedicated to the downtown area of Manhattan where he has spent all of his life, encompassing all the attitude, anger and edginess of the neighbourhood. less than a year after his debut, Tony Simon is stamping an authority on instrumental hip-hop the likes of which we haven't seen since DJ Shadow. Bringing together swing, jazz, punk, and even disco, Simon evokes a picture of New York from a New Yorkers point of view. Atmospheric, uplifting, raw yet expertly refined - this is a simply terrific piece of music.